Bayonne wind turbine should be operational by end of month, officials say

T he 260-foot wind turbine at the Oak Street Pumping Station in Bayonne should be operational by the end of the month, officials said last week.

The turbine was assembled in late January. At the time, officials estimated it would be operational by March, but the blades still aren’t spinning.

Stephen Gallo, executive director of the Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority, said while the turbine itself was finished in January, the connection that will enable the turbine to supply the pumping station with power has not been completed.

“You can’t have it spinning and generating electricity if there’s nowhere for the electricity to go,” Gallo said.

Gallo said the last remaining parts for activating the machine were ordered on May 7. He estimated the turbine would be operational by the end of the month.